noun
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a collection of objects or material piled up so as to form a high (usu. conical) mass.
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a gathering of a large number of people, animals, things, etc. at a place; a multitude; a crowd.
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much quantity.
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that which is of medium quality.
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(astrol.) any of the twelve mansions of the zodiac.
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(astron.) any of twelve imaginary belt in the heavens extending for about eight degrees on either side of the apparent path of the sun and including the paths of the moon and the principal planets (each named after a different constellation).
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a quantity used in mathematics as in adding, subtracting, dividing or multiplying.